Attentive to God
4 Sep 2010 | 12:01 am
Saturday’s Reflection
WHY BE ATTENTIVE TO GOD? Because it will give you a spiritual high? because you will have a wonderful experience? to get something for yourself? No. Because you are loved. Give yourself in gratitude for that love. The love God gives to you calls for your love in response. You are “called” to overflowing gratitude for all God has given you. You have been given life and love so that you can serve. You receive God’s love to extend that love to others. As you receive the compassion of God, you are called to be compassionate.
- J. David Muyskens
Sacred Breath
From p. 43 of Sacred Breath: Forty Days of Centering Prayer. Copyright © 2010 by J. David Muyskens. All rights reserved. Used with permission. http://www.upperroom.org/bookstore/. Learn more about or purchase this book.
Today’s Question
Does being attentive to God help you be more compassionate? Share your reflections.
Today’s Scripture Reading
Even before a word is on my tongue, O Lord, you know it completely.
- Psalm 139:4, nrsv
This Week …
Special Need:
This Week: Pray for single parents. Add your prayer to the Prayer Wall.
Tips for Your Spirit:
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Saints, Inc.:
This week we remember Albert Schweitzer (September 04).
Lectionary Readings:
Jeremiah 18:1-11
Psalm 139:1-6, 13-18
Philemon 1:1-21
Luke 14:25-33
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